VNR: COCAINE BABIES
DOCTORS ARE FINDING THAT COCAINE BABIES MAY NOT NEED AS MUCH SPECIAL CARE AS THEY ORIGINALLY BELIEVED, AT LEAST NOT EARLY ON. AT BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, SOME INFANTS BORN ADDICTED TO COCAINE ARE SHOWING MILD SYMPTOMS SUCH AS MILD TREMORS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART ARE BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS NORMAL BABIES.DR. KAREN JOHNSON WARNS, THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO DOWNPLAY THE DANGERS OF USING DRUGS DURING PREGNANCY AND IN FACT THE BABIES EXPOSURE TO THE DRUG MAY CAUSE COMPLICATIONS LATER ON. FOR NOW HOWEVER, THE NEWS IS GOOD AND BETTER THAN EXPECTED. QUESTIONS? PLEASE CALL DR. JOHNSON AT (713) 798-4712.U